Researcher Q&As

Carolann Barr is the Executive Director of Raising the Roof, Canada's only national charity dedicated to long-term solutions to homelessness.
Carolann has led the development of the national research report Youth Homelessness in Canada: The Road to Solutions. She is currently leading national...

Penny Goldsmith is the Executive Coordinator of PovNET in Vancouver, BC. PovNet provides online tools that facilitate communication, community and access to information around poverty-related issues in British Columbia and Canada.
Q: What are the key issues that need to be addressed? Penny...

Ontario elementary school teacher, Karen Steffensen, shares her experience developing an integrated unit on homelessness and the importance of homelessness education in the classroom.
Karen Steffensen is currently a Curriculum Consultant in the York Region District School Board (YRDSB) working...

UK-based researcher, Gareth Morris, gives 8 compelling reasons to start blogging. Watch his video blog entry.
This is a short video outlining some of the reasons why I think that blogging for researchers is a good idea.
1) Public engagement 2) Raise your profile and digital identity 3)...

Arlene Hache has 25 years experience providing front-line advocacy support to Aboriginal and Inuit women and their families living in northern, remote communities.
Arlene has been Executive Director of the Centre for Northern Families in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Canada for more than 20...

Bill O’Grady teaches in the Criminal Justice and Public Policy Program at the University of Guelph.
His research interests focus on street-involved youth, crime and social exclusion.
Where are you from and where did you study?
I am from Ottawa originally and I did my BA and MA at Carleton...